Yeah, there are many types of freedoms out there. Each are applicable to different people, cultures, and organization variously throughout the span of time they exist.
I would say the definition would hinge on what that actor felt it needed to act or think on independent of external influence. Or even the influence the actor exerts over himself by proxy from an external influence. i.e. societal norms. Additionally, it has to do with the amount of external influence the actor is willing to accept before considering themselves 'oppressed'.
Doctor V, I think you hit the nail on the head when you said freedom from fear. Not absence of fear, per se, but when it has no bearing on the decisions you make and the life you live. There are plenty of people out there who enjoy all manner of freedoms, yet because of fear never become what they might have been.
There's a great quote I tried to look up and failed to locate the citation for...perhaps I wrote it, then. Anyways, here it is:
"Hell for me is when, in my dreams, the man I am is confronted by the man I could have been."
The closer those two are, the more free you are.
Jedi Knight
The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.
